Foresta, California Explained

Official Name:Crane Creek
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Census-designated place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Mariposa
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.37
Area Land Sq Mi:0.37
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Area Total Km2:0.96
Area Land Km2:0.96
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Water Percent:0
Population Total:29
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Sq Mi:78.38
Population Footnotes:[2]
Timezone:Pacific (PST)
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Elevation Ft:4420
Pushpin Map:California#USA
Pushpin Label:Foresta
Coordinates:37.6988°N -119.7483°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:95389 (Yosemite National Park)
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:06-24792
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2830231

Foresta (formerly, McCauley and Opim) is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in Mariposa County, California, within Yosemite National Park.

History

The name comes from the Foresta Land Company, founded by A.B. Davis in 1913. Davis built a resort at Foresta but abandoned it. The Foresta area was subdivided and sold off to investors by the 1930s, but little construction at the site took place until electricity was extended to Foresta in 1951. Building of private residences mostly began at that time and continued until the early 1960s, with a campground built soon after.[3] Foresta now consists of homes for National Park Service, concessionaire, and Yosemite Institute employees, plus several vacation rentals. The community is located on the slopes surrounding Big Meadow, three miles off the Big Oak Flat Road. Many of the homes in the area burned in a 1990 wildfire.[4]

The Opim post office operated there from 1882 to 1884.

Geography

It is located 2.25miles northeast of El Portal, at an elevation of 4,420 feet (1,350 m).

Demographics

The community was first listed as a census designated place under the name Crane Creek in the 2020 U.S. Census. The CDP's name was changed to Foresta by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2022.[5]

2020 census

Foresta CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition
!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)!Pop 2020[6] !% 2020
White alone (NH)2172.41%
Black or African American alone (NH)00.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%
Asian alone (NH)00.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Other race alone (NH)13.45%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)620.69%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)13.45%
Total29100.00%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: California . United States Census Bureau . July 15, 2022.
  2. Web site: P1. Race – Crane Creek CDP, California: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. July 15, 2022.
  3. Book: Greene, Linda Wedel . 1987 . Yosemite: The Park and Its Resources, Volume 2 of 3 . Washington, DC . US Department of the Interior, National Park Service . 932–937 .
  4. Book: . 2000 . Final Yosemite Valley Plan: Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement . Yosemite National Park, CA . National Park Service . 3–147 .
  5. Web site: 2022 Geography Changes . United States Census Bureau.
  6. Web site: P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Crane Creek CDP, California. .